# Solomon's God-Given Wisdom - The Book of 1 Kings and 2 Chronicles

An episode of [Kids Bible in a Year with Julia Jeffress Sadler](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1696638708), 14 Nov 2023, 15 min.

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Join Julia Jeffress Sadler as she takes us on an incredible adventure in Episode 87. Delve into a wonderful story about Solomon, who asked God for wisdom to lead His people, and God was pleased with his request. This tale teaches us that when we seek God's wisdom, it can lead to a life filled with blessings and good choices. Sign up to receive Kids Bible in a Year devotionals in your inbox every weekday: https://www.kidsbibleinayear.com/ Get ready to experience the Bible designed specifically for children with the official KidsBibleinaYear.com podcast, led by Julia Jeffress Sadler. This captivating audio series presents the age-old wisdom of the Bible in an engaging format that will captivate your kids. Each episode Julia translates biblical teachings into real-life applications, making Bible comprehension a breeze for young minds. And if you want more Christian resources and content, you can download the Pray.com app. Pray.com is the digital destination for faith, offering over 5,000 daily prayers, meditations, bedtime Bible stories, and cinematic stories inspired by the Bible. For more resources on how to live a successful Christian life, visit Julia Jeffress Sadler's website at https://ptv.org/julia/. This episode is sponsored by Little Passports. Visit LittlePassports.com/blessed and use promo code BLESSED to receive 20% off. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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[0:00] Speaker 1: I have given you a wise and understanding heart, so
[0:04] Speaker 1: that there has been no one like you before you,
[0:08] Speaker 1: and after you none will arise like you. 1 Kings
[0:13] Speaker 1: 3.12 Dear God, there are so many things we think
[0:18] Speaker 1: we need, but what we really need is your wisdom.
[0:22] Speaker 1: Please give us an understanding heart and help us to
[0:26] Speaker 1: make good decisions in all we do. We know that
[0:30] Speaker 1: true wisdom only comes from you, the wisest one of all.
[0:36] Speaker 2: In Jesus' name I pray, amen.
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[1:15] Speaker 4: Solomon's God-Given Wisdom In our last story, David instructed Solomon
[1:22] Speaker 4: to keep the law of God and to also punish
[1:26] Speaker 4: Joab and Shimei. David died after ruling 40 years, and
[1:32] Speaker 4: Solomon had Joab, Shemi, and Adonijah executed. In this story,
[1:38] Speaker 4: God is pleased with Solomon, and God will give him
[1:42] Speaker 4: what he asked for, wisdom to rule his people. Inspired
[1:48] Speaker 4: by 1 Kings and 2 Chronicles.
[1:55] Speaker 1: Hi there, it's Joya Sattler. I'm thrilled you're back for
[1:58] Speaker 1: another story from the Kids Bible in.
[2:00] Speaker 2: A Year podcast.
[2:02] Speaker 1: Today, God let Solomon ask for absolutely anything he wants.
[2:09] Speaker 1: But instead, Solomon asks for one thing he most needs.
[2:14] Speaker 1: Can you guess what it is? Let's listen and see
[2:19] Speaker 1: how Solomon is doing in his important new role as king.
[2:28] Speaker 4: Solomon listened to his father David and followed his advice.
[2:33] Speaker 4: Solomon walked in God's commandments and Solomon loved God. God
[2:39] Speaker 4: was with Solomon and was making Solomon a great king.
[2:43] Speaker 4: One day, Solomon and an assembly of the people went
[2:47] Speaker 4: to a high place called Gibeon because there was a
[2:50] Speaker 4: bronze altar for God there. Solomon went up to the
[2:54] Speaker 4: bronze altar and and offered a total of 1,000 burnt offerings.
[2:59] Speaker 4: Later that night, God spoke to Solomon in a dream
[3:03] Speaker 4: while Solomon was sleeping. God said to Solomon, Ask for
[3:08] Speaker 4: whatever you want me to give you. Solomon answered, God,
[3:14] Speaker 4: you were good to David my father because of his
[3:17] Speaker 4: faithfulness and righteousness. You continue to be good to David
[3:21] Speaker 4: my father by allowing me, his son, to be the
[3:24] Speaker 4: king However, I feel like a little child because I
[3:29] Speaker 4: do not know how to be a king. I am
[3:32] Speaker 4: king over many people, too many to be counted. Please
[3:37] Speaker 4: give me wisdom, knowledge, and a discerning heart so that
[3:42] Speaker 4: I can govern your people and so that I may
[3:45] Speaker 4: know the difference between right and wrong. God knew Solomon's heart,
[3:50] Speaker 4: and God knew Solomon was honest. God was pleased with
[3:54] Speaker 4: Solomon's answer. and gave Solomon wisdom. He also told Solomon,
[4:00] Speaker 4: You will be the wisest person ever to live. You
[4:05] Speaker 4: also will be the richest person ever to live. And
[4:08] Speaker 4: as long as you continue to follow me, Solomon, you
[4:12] Speaker 4: will live.
[4:13] Speaker 3: A long life as king.
[4:17] Speaker 4: So God gifted Solomon wisdom and riches. Solomon had so
[4:22] Speaker 4: many riches that gold and silver were were as common
[4:25] Speaker 4: as regular rocks. When Solomon awoke from his dream, he
[4:29] Speaker 4: returned to Jerusalem to give more sacrifices to God. Afterward,
[4:35] Speaker 4: he threw a feast with the other government officials to celebrate.
[4:39] Speaker 4: One day, two prostitutes came to King Solomon to settle
[4:44] Speaker 4: a dispute. The first woman said, The other woman's son
[4:48] Speaker 4: died in the middle of the night, so she took
[4:50] Speaker 4: my baby while I was sleeping. and gave me her
[4:53] Speaker 4: dead son. She swapped out my living son for her
[4:57] Speaker 4: dead son and is trying to keep my son as
[4:59] Speaker 4: her own. But the other woman disagreed. The other woman said, No,
[5:05] Speaker 4: the living boy is my son. The dead boy is
[5:09] Speaker 4: your son. The first woman disagreed, and the other woman
[5:13] Speaker 4: would not admit the truth. King Solomon said, You both
[5:18] Speaker 4: say the living son is your own. but only one
[5:22] Speaker 4: of you is the true mother. Then King Solomon ordered
[5:26] Speaker 4: the women to bring him a sword, and they did.
[5:30] Speaker 4: King Solomon was testing the women to see who the
[5:33] Speaker 4: true mother was, and said, Cut the living child in
[5:38] Speaker 4: half and give each woman one part. The true mother
[5:41] Speaker 4: cried out to King Solomon, She can have him. Please
[5:45] Speaker 4: do not kill him. It is better she has him.
[5:49] Speaker 4: than for him to die. The other woman said, Neither
[5:53] Speaker 4: of us will have him. Cut him in half. King
[5:57] Speaker 4: Solomon realized the first woman was the true mother and
[6:01] Speaker 4: did not kill the baby. Instead, he told his servants
[6:05] Speaker 4: to give the baby to the first woman because she
[6:08] Speaker 4: was the true mother. All the people were amazed at
[6:12] Speaker 4: King Solomon's wisdom and realized the gift God gave King
[6:16] Speaker 4: Solomon to deliver justice. From that day on, people from
[6:21] Speaker 4: all over the world would come to listen to Solomon's wisdom.
[6:25] Speaker 4: Kings from other nations would send people to learn from Solomon.
[6:29] Speaker 4: King Solomon's knowledge and understanding was measureless. This also was
[6:35] Speaker 4: a time of peace for the kingdom of Israel.
[6:44] Speaker 1: Well, I guess you could say Solomon is getting an
[6:47] Speaker 1: A-plus as king. The last time we talked, David gave
[6:51] Speaker 1: his son Solomon some very good advice, and Solomon listened.
[6:56] Speaker 2: David told him that.
[6:58] Speaker 1: No matter what he did as king, to make sure
[7:01] Speaker 1: he loved and obeyed God above all else. And because
[7:06] Speaker 1: Solomon did that, God came close and walked with him,
[7:10] Speaker 1: just like he had walked with David. God made him
[7:13] Speaker 1: a great king. Then, as we heard, God came to
[7:18] Speaker 1: Solomon in a dream one night and promised to give
[7:22] Speaker 1: him anything he wanted.
[7:26] Speaker 4: Anything?
[7:27] Speaker 2: Solomon must have thought. Anything, God said.
[7:30] Speaker 1: If you're like me, you're probably picturing a genie right
[7:34] Speaker 1: now out of a bottle that grants some kind of wish.
[7:37] Speaker 1: But this was no genie, and it was no fairy tale.
[7:41] Speaker 1: It was Almighty God, and it was for real. What
[7:46] Speaker 1: would you say if God offered to give you anything
[7:50] Speaker 1: you asked for? An endless supply of cupcakes? Maybe a
[7:55] Speaker 1: roller coaster on the roof? Or a pet rhinoceros? That's
[7:59] Speaker 1: all pretty fun. But Solomon knew he had a big
[8:03] Speaker 1: job to do, and he needed something really, really important
[8:08] Speaker 1: in order to do it well. So instead of asking
[8:13] Speaker 1: for stuff, he asked for wisdom. Here are a few
[8:17] Speaker 1: things we can learn from Solomon's response to God.
[8:21] Speaker 2: First, he was honest with God. Solomon was struggling a
[8:26] Speaker 2: little bit, and he told God all about it.
[8:29] Speaker 1: He felt like his father David was so wise, faithful,
[8:32] Speaker 1: and righteous. He felt like David always knew the right
[8:36] Speaker 1: thing to do, and he wasn't so sure he could
[8:39] Speaker 1: do that himself. He even told God that he felt
[8:43] Speaker 1: like a child. He just didn't know how to be
[8:47] Speaker 1: a king. And just like Solomon, when we struggle with something,
[8:52] Speaker 1: we can tell God all about it. He always has
[8:56] Speaker 1: the answers, and he's always listening. Next, Solomon thought about
[9:02] Speaker 1: what was best for everyone.
[9:05] Speaker 2: Not just himself.
[9:07] Speaker 1: Solomon seemed to understand that That to be a good king,
[9:11] Speaker 1: to be a great king, he had to make good
[9:14] Speaker 1: decisions for his people. So he asked for wisdom, knowledge,
[9:19] Speaker 1: and understanding.
[9:21] Speaker 2: Do you think wisdom and knowledge are the same thing?
[9:25] Speaker 1: They're not.
[9:27] Speaker 2: Knowledge is having a lot of facts in your head.
[9:31] Speaker 1: For instance, if you get 100 on a math test,
[9:35] Speaker 1: you probably know a lot of numbers. But knowing things
[9:39] Speaker 1: in your head is different from understanding things in your heart.
[9:45] Speaker 1: Knowledge is knowing the answer and wisdom is knowing when
[9:51] Speaker 1: to share it. Wisdom is not just having the knowledge
[9:55] Speaker 1: in your head, it's knowing what to do about it
[9:59] Speaker 1: and how to make the right decision it's being led
[10:02] Speaker 1: by god in your heart to do what's right even
[10:07] Speaker 1: in a challenging situation solomon could have asked for anything
[10:12] Speaker 1: money an expensive chariot a huge fancy mansion but he
[10:17] Speaker 1: chose to ask for wisdom But what's the big deal
[10:21] Speaker 1: about wisdom?
[10:23] Speaker 2: As you grow, you will have more and more.
[10:26] Speaker 1: Choices in life. And your choices and decisions have much
[10:31] Speaker 1: to do with what happens to you. You can save
[10:35] Speaker 1: yourself from a lot of sadness when you act wisely
[10:39] Speaker 1: and make good choices with God's help. But more than that,
[10:44] Speaker 1: just because we make smart decisions doesn't does not mean
[10:48] Speaker 1: that everything will go great in life. Remember the problem
[10:52] Speaker 1: of sin? It's always messing things up. But when we
[10:56] Speaker 1: are wise, we will receive.
[10:59] Speaker 2: Blessings from God.
[11:02] Speaker 1: So because Solomon didn't ask for expensive things that would
[11:05] Speaker 1: only benefit him, God was happy with Solomon. Just as promised,
[11:11] Speaker 1: Solomon was given wisdom. Not only that, he would soon receive.
[11:17] Speaker 2: Wow.
[11:19] Speaker 1: Even though Solomon was the one who organized and built
[11:26] Speaker 1: the temple with lots of help, he knew that God
[11:30] Speaker 1: deserved all the glory. That's something we should never forget.
[11:34] Speaker 1: Sometimes in life, it's easy to want glory for yourself.
[11:39] Speaker 1: If you score the winning goal, receive loud applause for
[11:43] Speaker 1: your solo, or get a super great report card, it's
[11:47] Speaker 1: easy to think that it's all about you. But in
[11:51] Speaker 1: those times, remember King Solomon. He was the wisest and
[11:56] Speaker 1: richest king of all time. Yet, he stopped to tell
[12:02] Speaker 1: everyone that it was nothing he had done. It was
[12:06] Speaker 1: all because of God. As today's story ends, I just
[12:10] Speaker 1: love the picture of Solomon spreading his hands to heaven
[12:14] Speaker 1: at the altar and saying with great passion, There is
[12:19] Speaker 1: no one like you, God. Can you see it? And
[12:24] Speaker 1: after all that excitement, no wonder Israel wanted to have
[12:28] Speaker 1: a party for two whole weeks. They were so joyful
[12:32] Speaker 1: and grateful to God for keeping his promise. When we
[12:36] Speaker 1: focus on God and the fact that he is right
[12:40] Speaker 1: here with us, we find joy. Solomon then built his palace.
[12:46] Speaker 1: And God once again whispered a very important reminder to
[12:50] Speaker 1: the king. As long as you follow me, your kingdom
[12:55] Speaker 1: will stand. Thanks for listening today. Don't miss next time
[13:00] Speaker 1: to hear what happens when Solomon gets a little too popular.
[13:04] Speaker 2: And steps outside of God's big, giant umbrella. You'll see
[13:09] Speaker 2: what I mean.
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